Feds to table budget Feb. 27 as Canada faces trade, competitiveness uncertainty

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government’s next budget on Feb. 27 as the country faces persistent uncertainty around trade and competitiveness.
With the future clouded by such unknowns, private-sector experts will press Morneau to keep his fiscal powder dry when they gather later this week for their annual pre-budget meeting.
Morneau, who announced the budget date Tuesday in the House of Commons, sits down Friday in Toronto with leading economists